Gearing Up for Another Big School Year! with Cindy Rushton

Gearing up for another big school year? OR, not quite ready? How about a shot of encouragement, inspiration and a few amazing how-to’s for kicking off your very best year ever? That is what today’s session is all about. Join Cindy as she takes you by the hand and helps you gear up for the new school year. This is one session to be sure you do not miss! (AND…bring a friend or two!)

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Let’s Get Ready for a New School Year–Printable Pages

Let’s Get Ready for the New School Year Mommy Planner…
A newbie of mine! I prepared this book for our Mom-to-Mom Gals. It includes our Mommy Planner with a potpourri of planning sheets from all of our products. We will use this for one of our sessions for this study. Do note: this page also has links for the LGO book and the audio (I will post it in the next posts) from our monthly Mom-to-Mom Meeting that we held here in Florence. It is full of goodies!

Part One
Part Two
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Our Easy Family Bible Reading Plan by Cindy Rushton

Bible Reading. Sound tough? Do you really want to instill the habits of daily Bible Reading and quiet times with your children, but have NO IDEA of where to begin or what to do? Well, here is a little bit of help!

• Pray…Never begin a time of Bible Study on your own! As everyone settles in for read alouds, go to the Lord in prayer! Ask Him to teach each of you. He will be faithful to meet you every time you come to Him!

• Review from your last reading… As we read through our Daily Bible Reading, we begin by reviewing the passage from the day before. I allow our children to do this. They love this!

• Read aloud from the Bible! Yes, directly read from the Bible. Choose YOUR FAVORITE version. Begin wherever you prefer. Need suggestions? We recommend beginning in the book of John or Psalms. Proverbs can also be a great place to begin.  As for versions, we use a wide variety of versions.  Since my children have gotten older, we often read the same passage from different versions. Talk about enriching our reading and discussion! We begin anew each year reading through the Bible. Each day we read the passage that leaves off from the day before until the “story” or section ends.  Some sections are not as friendly for making a “story.” We read until we get to a good stopping place. The next day we pick up where we leave off.

• Narrate the story or discuss the principles from Scripture…This is simply letting the children re-tell what the passage is about. If it is not a passage that is easily shared in a story, then let them share their insights into the passage!

• Discuss ideas, any questions, and any difficult words. Look up any new places on a map. This is WHY you should read/study Scripture WITH your children. This is when you will share insights with one another… glean deeper truths from Scripture…really search for more than the casual glance at Scripture!

• Mark your daily reading in your Daily Bible Reading Log. We designed a Daily Bible Reading Log for our children to see HOW MUCH they were (and weren’t reading!!) each year! It has been awesome to see how much Scripture we are reading together, individually, and even in our church studies. If you need a log that is ready for your family to use, check out our pricelist. They are wonderful!

• Pray… Finally, end your Bible Reading time in prayer. Ask God to really work in your lives to make your study applicable in your lives!

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Strategies for Close Knit Families with Cindy Rushton

There is not a week that goes by that we don’t receive an email or letter from a mother who wants to know the secrets to developing a close-knit family. Isn’t that what you want too? I sure do! Join me for today’s show as I share some of the strategies that have worked for our family. This is a fun and very practical show. Don’t miss it!

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On the Air this Week…

Hello Sweet Friends!

Time for another big week! We have a fun line-up this week. I pray that you will be able to join us. Here are the details:

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OUR SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK:
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Tuesday Morning, August 18, 2009
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Mom-to-Mom Radio Show

10AM CT

TOPIC: Strategies for Close Knit Families with Cindy Rushton

There is not a week that goes by that we don’t receive an email or letter from a mother who wants to know the secrets to developing a close-knit family. Isn’t that what you want too? I sure do! Join me for today’s show as I share some of the strategies that have worked for our family. Read more

A Peek Into Our Week–August 10-14

Hello Sweet Friends!

I am back home! I LOVE being at home! Actually, I love traveling as well. But, there is NO place quite like home!

I have spent the day today gearing up for the new week. We have got a lot going on this week. You won’t want to miss it!

On my blog, our Mommy Homework theme is a fun theme. It is “Gearing Up for the New School Year.” Drop by and leave your thoughts and ideas. I love reading all of them. Here is the direct link for this week:

http://www.cindysdesktop.com/?p=2757

Been missing our shows and chats? Well, this week, we are CERTAIN to  have a show you won’t want to miss. Here is our schedule for the week: Read more